Meal Prep Skinny Taco Bake

This Meal Prep Skinny Taco Bake is a delicious, healthier take on a taco dinner. A taco casserole filled with ground turkey, sweet potatoes and bell peppers. A nutritious lunch or dinner idea!

What is a taco bake?

If your family loves tacos, this taco bake recipe may become your new favourite for taco night! It’s a little bit like a low carb taco salad, without the lettuce. There are several different versions of a taco bake recipe floating around the Internet. The problem is, many of them call for some sort of starchy carbs.

There are recipes for taco casserole with Doritos, taco mac, and even layered taco casserole with tortillas. I like to make recipes that are healthier and meal prep-friendly, so Meal Prep Skinny Taco Bake was born.

I make this recipe using ground turkey. If you prefer, you can make it with ground chicken or even lean ground beef. The taco bake has a little bit of heat from the taco seasoning, but otherwise, it's not very spicy. If you want it spicier, you could add some jalapeno slices or red chili powder.

Can you freeze this taco casserole?

Just like most of my meal prep dinners, this meal prep taco casserole is very freezer-friendly. It’s a versatile meal prep idea, too. You can divide the mixture out into meal prep containers, or freeze the casserole whole if you want to.

Regardless of how you want to freeze it, be sure that the taco casserole is cool before placing it in the freezer. If the casserole is too warm when you freeze it, condensation will form into ice on the top. That's how freezer burn begins, and you don't want that to happen.

As long as it's covered well, taco bake will keep well in the freezer for two to three months. If you won't be freezing it, it will stay good in a refrigerator for about 4 or 5 days.

What should I serve with a taco bake?

The great thing about this taco bake recipe is that it makes a pretty complete meal all by itself. It already has meat, cheddar cheese, onions, bell peppers, and diced tomatoes.

If you do want to serve a healthy side dish, black beans are a good choice. Or cauliflower rice is a delicious low carb option. If you can find them in your grocery store, there are quinoa tortilla chips and lower carb flour tortillas available.

Oh, and don’t forget the toppings! I like to serve the taco casserole with sour cream, some green chilis or jalapeno slices, and slices of avocado.

Meal Prep Taco Skillet

This Meal Prep Skinny Taco Bake is a delicious, healthier take on a taco dinner. It's a taco casserole filled with ground turkey, sweet potatoes and bell peppers for a nutritious lunch or dinner idea!

Prep Time20mins

Cook Time30mins

Total Time50mins

Course: Casserole

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: taco bake

Servings: 4servings

Calories: 453kcal

Ingredients

2tbspolive oil, divided

1large sweet potato, diced

1lbground turkey or chicken(can also use ground beef)

1yellow onion, diced

2clovesgarlic minced

1tbspchili powder

1tspcumin

1tsppaprika

1eachred, green and yellow pepper, diced

1cupcheddar cheese, grated

2beefsteak tomatoes, diced

2green onions, sliced

1/4cupcilantro, chopped

Tortilla chips for serving (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 F. Toss sweet potato with 1 tbsp olive oil in an 8x11 or 9x13 baking dish then season with salt & pepper. Bake for 15-20 minutes until sweet potato is fork tender.

Meanwhile, heat remaining tbsp olive oil over med-high heat in a large skillet. Add ground turkey, onions and garlic, breaking up meat with a slotted spoon, then add chili powder, cumin, paprika and salt. Mix to combine well and cook for 5-6 minutes until meat starts to brown.

Remove sweet potatoes from oven and add in turkey mixture along with bell peppers. Top with cheddar cheese then bake for 10 minutes until cheese is fully melted.

About Taylor Stinson

Hey there, my name's Taylor! I’m the founder of The Girl on Bloor, a food blog where I share healthy meal prep recipes for busy people. I'm a busy city girl living in downtown Toronto on (you guessed it!) Bloor Street. I also run the awesome 5-Day Meal Prep Challenge, which is a free email course and Facebook group where I share my meal planning strategies and easy meal prep tips and recipes. Be sure to check out my free beginner’s guide to meal prep and follow me on YouTube and Instagram to get my latest recipes and healthy eating inspiration.

Another win! I made this last night for dinner – it was so quick and easy and the kids really enjoyed it. Two of them took the leftovers for lunch. I didn’t use cheese, but topped with chopped tomatoes & guacamole. Will definitely make this again.